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A typescript list (71 pp., 1303 items) of letters and documents included in the Robert Owen Correspondence in the possession of the Co-operative Union Limited, Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester.

Two letters from the social reformer Robert Owen, New Lanark, 14 November 1819 (f. 35), and [London], 11 [?December] 1819 (f. 36), to the lawyer William Tooke FRS, both seemingly referring to Owen's 'Plan to Improve the Condition of the Lower Classes', as unveiled at a meeting at Freemasons' Hall, London, the previous June, as well as personal matters.
Owen states his intention to 'act in complete unison with the principles I have patiently advocated' (f. 35), has sent copies of his address to the Prime Minister and others (f. 35) and has been busy lobbying members of parliament (f. 36). A debate on the plan in the House of Commons on 16 December came to nothing.

A portfolio of letters, press cuttings, portraits, photographs and prints relating to the life and work of Robert Owen (1771-1858), social reformer.

Two letters written in 1793, from Piccadilly Factory, Manchester, by Robert Owen, social reformer, to Samuel Oldknow, Stockport.